When you commune with your ever-present inner calm, you are released from the madness and pain of all outer turmoil.

Pain is as expansive as life itself. Pain grows with us and in us as a cultivation of life's unfolding.

If you can sit with your pain, listen to your pain and respect your pain — in time you will move through your pain.

Your past is like a bag of bricks; set it down and walk away. Quit collecting every painful word, memory and mistake. Collect hope.

All things are accomplished by the meditative act of releasing illusions and simply becoming.

Real spirituality is about getting the bullshit out of your life and getting real.